10 Funniest Moments From Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant Comedies

9. Liam Neeson€™s Career Path (Life€™s Too Short)

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The Warwick Davis-starring sitcom that melded the star-studded nature of Extras with the false-aggrandising nature of The Office€™s David Brent didn€™t have as much heart as its two previous creations, but that didn€™t stop it from bringing in laughs by the truckload. Most notable are the scenes with celebrities playing twisted, off-kilter versions of themselves, and perhaps one of the greatest is Liam Neeson visiting Gervais and Merchant as an aspiring deadpan comedian. Neeson plays the scene in his usual gruff-voiced 'take-no-prisoners' self, except in this version of reality he€™s cobbled together a mishmash of controversial topics in the hope of garnering €˜easy laughs€™. As well as this are some absolute gems where Neeson asserts that maybe the reason he was hired in the timeless Schindler€™s List was because he €œliked making lists€, as well as momentarily taking a pop at Gervais and acknowledging his critics by asking how he gets away with constantly referencing taboo subjects, the answer to which Merchant states, €œHonestly I don€™t know€.
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